The M11 link road protest was a major anti-road protest in east London, United Kingdom, in the early 1990s opposing the construction of the "A12 Hackney to M11 link road", also known as the M11 Link Road. Although the protest was unsuccessful, it demonstrated the level of opposition to the government's road building programme.
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